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The Vladswim Cold Water Swim camp in Melbourne hosted swimmers from every part of Australia with participants hailing from Brisbane, Adelaide, Sydney and Canberra. Together over four days they completed seven cold water swims in 15.5-degree water temperature which tested their mental strength, cold water adaptation, swim pace and stroke rate. A big thank you

Another fantastic swim in Western Australia has been and gone. This year’s Rottnest swim will be remembered for the fast swim results and a visiting shark. Indeed, 2018 clocked record breaking swim times for the solo male and team categories. Solomon Wright set a new course record by being the first person to break the

CHRISTMAS BREAK From 25th December to 8th of January 2018, we will take a break for Christmas and New Year. Let’s have a look on Christmas timetable for all swimming pools: ABC POOL The last special Christmas pool swim session will be on Fri 22nd of December and the first session back will be on

This year’s Rottnest swim again surprised participants with unpredictable surf conditions and a strong current. Two days before the event, the swimmers were relaxed and happy with a weather forecast of light winds, a high air temperature of around 40°C and a small swell – perfect conditions for an enjoyable and safe 20km open water

The swim of the month is the Cook Strait swim completed by Marty Filipowski . On 23rd of February, Marty successfully crossed between the South and North Island of New Zealand. He is the first Vladswim swimmer and 100th ever swimmer to complete this swim. Near perfect conditions allowed Marty to finish in 9 hours

Catalina night swim in California, USA. In September Peter and Martin travelled to California for the 35km swim from Island Catalina to LA. Coach Martin paddled and supported Peter all the way to the main land. Peter’s fantastic time of 10hour and 6min is a reflection of his great preparation. Congratulations Peter!

Congratulations go to: Dean Summers, Rachael Elkaim, Michael Hanisch and Marty Filipowski Triple Crown swimmers must complete three challenging swims: the English Channel, the Catalina swim and the Manhattan Island swim. Dean, Rachael and Michael completed two swims in one season. Their first swim was the Catalina Channel and then only a month later they

Scott Miers The “Clean Half” swim is a 15km race in Hong Kong held in mid-October. This year, Scott worked hard over winter to prepare for the race. His hard preparation brought him a great result – he swam the 15km swim in very tough conditions in only 3 hours and 31 min and placed

By Timmy Garrett Hi all… I will do two posts to Vlad group on this Arch2Arc and that’s it!! The second one will be the event report. Firstly, can’t thank Vlad enough for his coaching and getting me prepared for the swim. Also the support from Martin Vavrek and Jai Di Tommaso. Also thank you to all the